Alharthi Muffarah H, Taura Magaji G, Al-Shahrani Abdullah M, Alamri Mohannad M, Alshahrani Abdullah M, Nandi Partha
Department of Family Medicine, University of Bisha, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Bisha, Saudi Arabia.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2021 Dec;10(12):4471-4477. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_919_21. Epub 2021 Dec 27.
In the past few decades, the prevalence of type 2 diabetes has increased dramatically in many countries. While primary preventive measures can reduce the prevalence of diabetes, knowledge of the risk factors of diabetes mellitus has many benefits for patients with diabetes. The study aimed to assess diabetes mellitus risk factors (DM-RFs) awareness among adults residing in Bisha, Southwestern Saudi Arabia. Awareness of the risk factors of diabetes mellitus was reported to be highest for obesity, sweet intake, and family history of diabetes.
The study participants were 404 adults (225 males and 179 females) with an age range of 18-65 (mean age: 40.83+/-9.3). People with diabetes and those without diabetes were involved in the study. The study was conducted in Bisha city, southwestern Saudi Arabia, using an online random sampling technique and a structured and validated questionnaire, and analysis was by SPSS V 24.
This study showed that 168 (41.6%) participants had diabetes and 236 (58.4%) were non-diabetics; 64.9% of the respondents were aware of the DM-RFs. Among the people with diabetes, 128 (76.2%) agreed that obesity is a DM-RF, while 210 (89%) of the non-diabetics were aware that obesity was a DM-RF. Further, 77.7% of the respondents agreed that the risk factors were avoidable, with 50.7% willing to know more about DM-RFs.
The study found a high level of awareness of DM-RFs among diabetes and non-diabetics in Bisha, southwestern Saudi Arabia.
在过去几十年里，2型糖尿病在许多国家的患病率急剧上升。虽然一级预防措施可以降低糖尿病的患病率，但了解糖尿病的危险因素对糖尿病患者有诸多益处。该研究旨在评估沙特阿拉伯西南部比沙地区成年人对糖尿病危险因素（DM-RFs）的知晓情况。据报道，对糖尿病危险因素的知晓率在肥胖、甜食摄入和糖尿病家族史方面最高。
研究参与者为404名成年人（225名男性和179名女性），年龄在18至65岁之间（平均年龄：40.83±9.3）。研究纳入了糖尿病患者和非糖尿病患者。该研究在沙特阿拉伯西南部的比沙市进行，采用在线随机抽样技术和一份经过结构化设计且经验证有效的问卷，并使用SPSS V 24进行分析。
该研究表明，168名（41.6%）参与者患有糖尿病，236名（58.4%）为非糖尿病患者；64.9%的受访者知晓糖尿病危险因素。在糖尿病患者中，128名（76.2%）认为肥胖是糖尿病危险因素，而在非糖尿病患者中，210名（89%）知晓肥胖是糖尿病危险因素。此外，77.7%的受访者认为这些危险因素是可以避免的，50.7%的人愿意更多地了解糖尿病危险因素。
该研究发现，沙特阿拉伯西南部比沙地区的糖尿病患者和非糖尿病患者对糖尿病危险因素的知晓程度较高。
